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Woman Calls 911 On Whales In Puget Sound
A humpback whale came extremely close to a family out on Puget Sound. One person in the boat called 911.
LYNNWOOD, WA - A Lynnwood family is sharing a whale of a tale after they had a close encounter with a few humpback whales on out Puget Sound recently. The whales were right under the Lucianna family's boat, and one woman on board - very freaked out - ended up calling 911 on the giant mammals.
"I'm out in Puget Sound and there's three gray whales and I'm a afraid we might get flipped over and I'm really scared," the woman tells the 911 dispatcher.
After a few minutes of watching the whales, the family decide to leave the scene.
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"Drive away faster, please," a man can be heard saying in the video. The whales follow for a little bit, breach the surface of the water, and then disappear.
Darren Lucianna uploaded the video to Facebook on Sept. 29. Watch the whole thing (some light profanity included):
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Whales are not typically dangerous, at least not on purpose. In 2015, a Canadian woman died in Mexico when a gray whale breached on top of the boat she was on. In 2013, a blue whale knocked two men out of a boat near San Diego, but they were not seriously injured.
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